Product description

Cisco PIX Firewall Handbook is a guide to the most commonly implemented features of the top selling Cisco Systems firewall security solutions. Whether a novice or experienced network security engineer, readers will be able to quickly and easily configure a wide range of Cisco PIX and IOS firewall features. Many features of these devices are complex and require many configuration steps for proper operation. The required commands are difficult to remember or require lengthy reading through the Cisco Documentation CD. In addition, the Cisco PIX firewall has very limited context-based help and the documentation is formatted quite differently from other products. Cisco PIX Firewall Handbook is designed to give concise information on how to quickly and correctly configure PIX Firewall features. As features and commands are presented, Cisco IOS Software and PIX commands appear side-by-side for quick reference. Security engineers and administrators can carry this book on-site and refer to it during hands-on installation or troubleshooting sessions.
The book is organized by families of features, and information on each feature is presented in a concise format, with background, configuration, and example components. Each section also has a quick reference table of commands that can be used to troubleshoot or display information about the features presented.

Author information

David Hucaby, CCIEA (R) No. 4594, is a lead network engineer for the University of Kentucky, where he works with healthcare networks based on the Cisco Catalyst, IP Telephony, PIX, and VPN product lines. David was one of the beta reviewers of the PIX version 7 Firewall operating system software.